| ▲ | skycrafter0 2 days ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Used to? We absolutely still do. LTO is a widely used format, and as far as I'm aware, it is "picking up more steam" each year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | tw04 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
I didn’t mean to imply that tape is dead despite the 40 years of insert new technology claiming they’ve finally killed tape. I more meant we no longer have room sized libraries unless the cloud providers have commissioned something custom and not available to the public. I believe the last installed powderhorn I’m aware of was decommissioned almost a decade ago now. https://www.iscgroupllc.com/products/storagetek/storagetek-p... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Dylan16807 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In terms of capacity, LTO sales are increasing. In terms of tape count and drive count, there's been a steady decline. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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